Awake Craniotomy Surgery in Pediatrics: A Systematic Review.

Background: Awake craniotomy is a unique method to prevent motor deficits during the resection of lesions located in or close to functional areas. We sought to study the outcomes of pediatric craniotomy on published studies.

Methods: The search for articles was performed through multiple search engines: PubMed, Google Scholar, Web of Science, and Wiley.

PRETREATMENT WITH ERYTHROPOIETIN ALLEVIATES THE RENAL DAMAGE INDUCED BY ISCHEMIA REPERFUSION VIA REPRESSION OF INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE.

Objective: The aim: This study aimed to examine the anti-inflammatory, and antiapoptotic effects of erythropoietin against kidney injury inducted by ischemia reperfusion in experimental model.

Patients And Methods: Materials and methods: 20 male Sprague Dawley rats were randomly divided into 4 equal groups: sham (subject to median laparotomy only), control (subject to 30 minutes ischemia and 2hours reperfusion), vehicle (injected by distilled water and subjected to the same procedure of ischemia reperfusion), erythropoietin group (as in vehicle group but the rats pretreated with 1000 U/kg of erythropoietin). The left kidney and blood specimen were collected.

Regional Nerve Block Complication Analysis Following Peripheral Nerve Block During Foot and Ankle Surgical Procedures.

Background Foot and ankle surgeries are frequently accompanied by a peripheral nerve block in order to reduce postoperative pain. Higher than expected complication rates with peripheral nerve blocks have led to increased concern among surgeons and patients. To our knowledge, no study conducted by the treating surgeon has identified risk factors that may predispose a patient to complications.

The role of esophageal stent placement in the management of postesophagectomy anastomotic leak.

Background/aim: Anastomotic leak after esophagectomy is one of the most challenging complications resulting in a high morbidity and mortality and prolonged hospitalization. The study intended to assess the outcome of endoluminal self-expanding stent in the treatment of this problem.

Settings And Design: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Arhus University Hospital, Skejby, Arhus, Denmark.

[Transrectal drainage of pediatric pouch of Douglas abscesses under suprapubic US guidance: technique and results].

Pelvic abscesses are not always amenable to percutaneous drainage. Transrectal drainage of pouch of Douglas abscesses, performed blindly by surgeons for many years, is not familiar to radiologists. The purpose of this article is to describe our technique for the drainage of pouch of Douglas abscesses under suprapubic US guidance and report our results in a series of 7 pediatric patients with deep pelvic abscess not amenable to percutaneous drainage after failure of antibiotics.